Sneak 81 Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Apparently the new proposed budget has money for free community college. Anyone else think it's to educate the newly assimilated illegals? Can't be for the poor because they can get all the grants they need. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
montec 164 Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 I know many that wont take gov assistance but think the latest freebies are great, even if they wont use them. I pose the ? to them about who is paying for this? and also who payed for you college as well as do you feel that you should pay for someone elses schooling as well as yours? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spacehog 2,219 Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Anytime I hear "free" anything from the government's mouth, I know I better be prepared to grab my ankles because it is going to cost me out the ass. Nothing is ever free without consequences. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatonic 159 Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 What about reimbursement for all the baby boomers? I will feel very slighted to pay for the millenniums when I had to serve to go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tundra1 391 Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Tax paying American's will be footing this presumably. Kinda like the "free" Obamaphones. Nothing is free. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SmilinEd 364 Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Its all Free... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneak 81 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 I also want to know who's going to reimburse me for my degree, and who will pay for my wife to finish. No one but me. There is no help for those who help themselves and are responsible. I bust my ass, as I'm sure all of the rest of us do on this forum, for everything I have. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Capt Nemo 883 Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Hey! Got my tech school degree free from .gov! But then, I had to put my neck on the line for my country. If you want free college, join the Army! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toothandnail 275 Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Missouri has had this program for about 10 years. Program here has quite a few hoops to jump through, most FSAers wont/ can't do it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spacehog 2,219 Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Hey! Got my tech school degree free from .gov! But then, I had to put my neck on the line for my country. If you want free college, join the Army! Then you paid the cost...it wasn't free..and thank you for your service. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
horatio 515 Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Hey sneak, what state do you live in? I'm in illinios. Cook county ( barely). Rahm Emmanuel just passed something for Chicago saying if you passed high school with a b average you can get free community college. I don't know much yet and I was planning on starting a thread in a little while when I had more info but it seems you beat me to it. What do you know? We do have our share of illegals. Most of them seem to want to work, not go to school Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneak 81 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 I'm in NW Indiana, where we had a budget surplus last year. About an hour from the city. I watch the Chicago news all the time. He wanted the Star program. My in-laws are NW of the city. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneak 81 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 I agree Fatty. From what I see, we have a ton of low income in Gary, Hammond, east Chicago, etc. I don't see a huge desire for them to go to college. But I've been surprised before. They haven't mentioned the Star program as much as raising minimum wage for Illinois. QUINN just got the boot, so who knows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sim_Player 1,939 Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) Why don't they just Federalize the colleges and pay the professors minimum wage, Marxist-Style? A marketing ploy for the Democratic Party and a notch in Hussein's gun-belt. Nothing more, nothing less. Edited February 4, 2015 by Sim_Player 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DLT 1,646 Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 When things are free, they quickly lose value. This move basically renders a community college degree worthless. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G O B 3,516 Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Its all Free... If you just take and NEVER work ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wasrNwarpaint 184 Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 When things are free, they quickly lose value. This move basically renders a community college degree worthless. worthless like our public schools Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SmilinEd 364 Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Its all Free... If you just take and NEVER work ... G O B, Its just amazing to me, redistribution of wealth and calling it free... Couple weeks ago I was standing outside a Giant Eagle store here in Pa, smoking a butt, when a public transportation bus rolled up and the sorry sons of bitches standing at the bus stop getting on, others running their sorry asses from the store about falling down trying to get to the bus. Felt like telling them all to go Fuck themselves, including the bus driver. Here in Pa the state gas tax is $0.60 a gal, pay for roads and bridges, more of the tax goes to public transportation, subsidize these losers ride, pays the bus drivers high wage, his/hers pension and Free healthcare... I drive 48 miles one way to get to work, 500 miles in a 5day work wk, been doing it for 29.5 yrs, never received a free inspection, no free brake job, no free tires, not even a free bus ride...!!!! I take my reps and sen to task when I see/call them.... Fuck them too.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pjj342 632 Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Its all Free... If you just take and NEVER work ... G O B, Its just amazing to me, redistribution of wealth and calling it free... Couple weeks ago I was standing outside a Giant Eagle store here in Pa, smoking a butt, when a public transportation bus rolled up and the sorry sons of bitches standing at the bus stop getting on, others running their sorry asses from the store about falling down trying to get to the bus. Felt like telling them all to go Fuck themselves, including the bus driver. Here in Pa the state gas tax is $0.60 a gal, pay for roads and bridges, more of the tax goes to public transportation, subsidize these losers ride, pays the bus drivers high wage, his/hers pension and Free healthcare... I drive 48 miles one way to get to work, 500 miles in a 5day work wk, been doing it for 29.5 yrs, never received a free inspection, no free brake job, no free tires, not even a free bus ride...!!!! I take my reps and sen to task when I see/call them.... Fuck them too.. Ive seen this too. When I heard that some 20yrold girl was getting free rides to the store, to the salon, and to the methadone clinic, I was kinda pissed. Shouldnt we all get back according to what we put in? Ive been working my ass off for the last ten years and if I run out of money for gas, food, or tires, what do I get? A big 'fuck you' is all I get, 'shoulda been smarter mutherfucker'. But thats the only way you learn how to be responsible. On free community college, I wouldnt care if I knew these people were learning a trade or getting a business degree, something that will actually help their future and help give back to the community and country as a whole. But I have a feeling general studies, psychology, and other useless wastes of majors will be equally funded. Edited February 5, 2015 by Boomsick42 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philrab 57 Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 I worked 55 hours a week, paid my way through college one semester at a time, graduated debt free. It can be done if you just bust your ass. Anyone that says it can't is being disingeuous. If this goes through, am I going to get 2 years of tuition refunded to me? This is just another snatch and grab operation to redistribute wealth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sim_Player 1,939 Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Community College: The only sector that hasn't yet been completely f'd up by the Fed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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